resistance
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- (countable, uncountable) A force that tends to oppose motion.
- (countable, uncountable) Electrical resistance.
- (countable, dated, uncountable) A resistor.
- (countable, uncountable) An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
Synonyms
electric resistance
ohmic resistance
Translations
résistance
Widerstand
resistencia
resistenza
resistência
resistència
αντίσταση
tegenkanting tegenweer αντοχήFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/
Etymology
In summary
From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.
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